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Cicero Chapter 59 Summative Assignment Repetition
Aetas Unus
Cicero uses repetition in the line “Nihilne tē nocturnum praesidium Palātī, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populī, nihil concursus bonōrum omnium, nihil hic mūnītissimus habendī senātūs locus, nihil hōrum ōra vultūsque mōvērunt?” (59A) to show how Cataline has no morals and is not fazed by anything - neither the people nor the senate. By doing this, he portrays Cataline as an arrogant, uncaring villain who only seeks to give himself more power - without regard to the damage it might cause to other people and the all important republic.
Cicero also uses repetition in the line “Quid proximā, quid superiōre nocte ēgeris, ubi fueris, quōs convocāveris, quid cōnsiliī cēperis, quem nostrum ignōrāre arbitrāris?” (59A). Cicero does this to let Cataline know how his plan has no chance of success, and to put all the senators in a group with him, asking Cataline which one of them he thinks does not know of his actions.
